Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Paraerrina macropora
Hydrocoral, Lace coral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Anthoathecata
Family
Stylasteridae
Genus
Paraerrina
Species
macropora
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lepidotheca macropora Cairns, 1986; (L. macropora) Holotype: USNM 72090, east of Santa Cruz 00°29'S, 89°54'30"W; Paratypes: USNM 72091; USNM 72092; Type Locality: east of Santa Cruz (Cairns, 1986)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (L. macropora) Galapagos Islands: east of Santa Cruz and southeast of Española (Cairns, 1986).
- Ahyong, S Et. al. (2025) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- Cairns, S.D. (1986) Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 426: 1-42.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paraerrina macropora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25575. Accessed 31 October 2026.